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Chris Reiff: As a pilot I really liked seeing just how different the TIE fighters would be to fly. It’s as different from an X-wing as a helicopter is from an airplane — a totally different design and control philosophy and perfect for its role.Here’s a cutaway of a solar-collector wing on a TIE fighter. Insight Editions What made this book fun to illustrate?Reiff: Looking at NASA designs for real engines and melding our real-world theoretical tech with the fictional universe is especially fun, as well as figuring out how the reactor/engines might actually work and visualizing those systems. Chris Trevas: I really liked drawing the cover cutaway. It’s a ton of work but very satisfying fitting all the parts together. Even though it’s a flat drawing, the experience is almost like building a model with all that detail.What are some of the geekiest fact fans will learn from this manual?Windham: This manual reveals that the Commander of Zeta Squadron is Jad “Scorch” Bean. If that doesn’t impress and deeply affect every Star Wars fan on the planet, I suppose that’s because they may have had limited awareness of “Scorch” before this manual.Reiff: Fans will learn exactly how to fly a TIE fighter. The controls are all there, labeled in diagrams, and a few maneuvers that take advantage of the TIEs capabilities are explained in detail.Trevas: This book is full of geeky facts from the history of the TIE series, details for every model. They can even compare the Imperial and First Order TIEs to see the system upgrades and differences in the flight controls.Enlarge Image Insight Editions What challenges did you face working on this book?Windham: We used many photos from Star Wars movies to illustrate this manual. Until I started looking for decent screen grabs of the TIE Interceptor in Return of the Jedi, I had no idea every TIE Interceptor in that film appears as a fast-moving blur. Fortunately, we found photos of the actual models that served our needs well.Trevas: It was tricky creating blueprints for the TIE fighters from the Star Wars Rebels animated series like the TIE Advanced V1 and TIE Defender. We illustrated them in a very realistic style, which required adding detail and adjusting some parts to have more realistic proportions.If you had your pick of the fleet, which TIE fighter would you prefer to fly?Reiff: I love the classic TIE fighter so much and would love to have one in my hangar for nostalgia and ease of flying. Things like having a pressurized cabin, the improved maneuverability, and the ability to bring a friend along nudge the First Order Special Forces TIE into the top spot though… if I had to choose just one.Trevas: I think I’d pick Vader’s TIE Advanced X1. His ship is nice and classic, but also includes shields and a hyperdrive. The standard TIEs don’t provide much protection for their pilots.Enlarge ImageDetailed specifications of a TIE fighter. Insight Editions Why do you think Star Wars fans will like this book?Reiff: Fans will love the minutiae. We do some pretty deep dives on different systems like the reactor and engines. Though for everything that makes it into the book there are stacks of notes and hours of phone calls working through how things work or why they are the way they are. It doesn’t make sense to include everything, but going through the thought process and figuring out how things like how the engines and flight controls work gives a richer feel to the pieces in the book.Trevas: The TIE fighter is an icon of Star Wars but we only get glimpses of them in the movies. They scream by on screen so fast and we only get quick views of their menacing pilots. With this book, fans are like Poe Dameron jumping into the cockpit in The Force Awakens: “I always wanted to fly one of these!” This book allows fans to take their time and really explore the ships. Now playing: Watch this: Enlarge ImageThis Haynes Manual is based on the Sienar Fleet Systems TIE Fighter. Insight Editions The notoriously lethal TIE fighters were among the most feared, deadly starfighters deployed by the Galactic Empire and the First Order — and by Darth Vader himself. Star Wars TIE Fighter: Owners’ Workshop Manual, out now from Insight Editions, is 125 pages full of art and technical specs that reveal everything from the early concepts and prototypes of these vehicles to the mass-produced starfighters fans have seen in numerous Star Wars films.The book, which retails for $24.99 (£19.70, AU$35.85), is published as a practical Haynes Manual that explores the extensive story behind the famous twin ion engine fighter. The history of the TIE bombers, boarding craft and shuttles is illustrated with photographs, schematics, exploded diagrams and computer-generated artwork.I chatted with the book’s author Ryder Windham and illustrators Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas about the new book. Below is a transcript of our conversation, lightly edited for clarity. Enlarge ImageInside the book Star Wars: TIE Fighter: Owners’ Workshop Manual. Insight Editions Q: What was the most surprising thing you learned working on this book?Ryder Windham: For years, Lucasfilm maintained that ILM model makers used a slightly modified TIE bomber model for the TIE “VIP” shuttle, which is glimpsed briefly and not very clearly in The Empire Strikes Back. But Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas told me the TIE shuttle had unique wings, and ILM veteran Lorne Peterson confirmed that information. 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Low latency is the real game-changer for 5GSpeed is just one part of what makes 5G so appealing, though. At the Shape conference, AT&T made a point to emphasize 5G’s worth to businesses and developers. Interactive demos by companies like Magic Leap, Nvidia, Nokia, Google and IBM gave me a tiny glimpse into how that 5G speed can bring creative dreams and utilities a step closer to reality. As I came across these demonstrations, though, I began to notice 5G’s true secret weapon: really low latency. Latency is the time it takes your computer or gaming console to send data to an online server and get data back. The less time this takes, the better.A whack-a-mole-style game from Ericsson showed off how vastly different the latency is between 5G, 4G and 3G connections. Instead of moles, there was an arcade table console that had small plastic circles across the top. When a circle lit up, you simply pressed it to get a point. While it sounds easy enough, when I played the game I wore a VR headset with cameras on the front. I could see only the live feed inside the headset, which was streamed over a 5G connection. Gameplay felt natural and easy until the connection switched to 4G. Once that kicked in, my timing was immediately off. Things got much worse when the connection switched to 3G. This demo was such an effective and fun way to show how 5G’s latency is crazy low, it became one of my most memorable takeaways.In addition, Nvidia showed off its GeForce Now, a cloud streaming service for games. I played Batman Arkham City over 5G and had no idea I wasn’t playing a local copy. Movements were smooth and reflexive gameplay felt no different than on a PlayStation. Low latency won’t make headlines, but it means businesses can use cloud computing to create more-powerful experiences on our phones and devices. And I think it’s smart that AT&T is rolling out its 5G network to businesses and developers first. Back when Apple first released the iPhone, there wasn’t an app store until a year later. Perhaps it would have been better for the apps develop first, since they were what made the iPhone truly so innovative.AT&T is pushing businesses and developers to discover compelling uses for 5G. And those uses will be what ultimately makes 5G go mainstream to consumers. Until then, expect more speed tests and 5G phones that are aimed at early adopters.Originally published June 22, 11:41 a.m. PTUpdate, 6:48 p.m.: Adds details on speeds and demos.Update, June 25, 12:30 p.m.: Adds possible timing of 5G rollout to consumers Share your voice Samsung, LG, Motorola: How soon can we expect 5G phones? 55 Now playing: Watch this: AT&T 5G network has some of the fastest speeds we’ve… Mobile 9:40 Usain Bolt-fast 5G speedsArmed with a Galaxy S10 5G phone, I ran a dozen speed tests around a square back lot at Warner Bros. that was dotted with 5G millimeter wave nodes on rooftops. I was able to measure upload and download speeds and to download hours of movies and TV shows in a matter of seconds. The takeaway? AT&T 5G Plus is faster than The Flash when he has to pee. I got speeds that were consistently over 1Gbps, often hitting 1.6 to 1.7Gbps. That’s six times faster than my home internet.I ran 12 tests with the Speedtest.net benchmarking app to measure speeds, and eight were over 1.4Gbps. The top speed was 1.782Gbps, which is faster than the top speed of 1.3Gbps we experienced on Verizon’s 5G network in Chicago and well above the 484Mbps top mark we recorded in Dallas on Sprint’s 5G network.I downloaded and installed PUBG Mobile, which is 1.96GB, in 27 seconds while the download and install time was one minute and 23 seconds. The first season of Blue Planet II (six hours of video) took 17 seconds to download with the Netflix app. And the first four episodes of The Swamp Thing downloaded from the DC app took 52 seconds.To see how AT&T’s 5G speeds compare to Verizon and Sprint, read: Verizon vs. AT&T vs. Sprint 5G throwdown: The battle rages on.From what I experienced on Saturday, 5G is still very much in its raw cookie dough state. Networks are still being built out, and the tests I ran were a small but wonderful tease of what our future wireless connections should be able to do.But it’s worth noting that the speeds I experienced on AT&T’s 5G Plus are available only in small zones for businesses like Warner Bros. and Magic Leap. Consumers could have to wait until at least 2020 before they can experience these insane speeds themselves. 13 Photos Comments Tags We tested AT&T’s 5G network for the first time on a Galaxy S10 5G. Logan Moy/CNET It’s fitting that I tested AT&T’s 5G network at the Warner Bros. studio in Los Angeles. Both Hollywood and 5G aim to take our wildest ideas and make them real. In AT&T’s case, it’s the promise of high-speed mobile data over a cellular network, which could revolutionize how we use our phones, computers and connected devices. In the little time I spent testing 5G speeds at the AT&T Shape conference at Warner Bros., I was blown away by how fast they were. They cruised past the speeds we’ve witnessed in similar early 5G tests done with Verizon and Sprint.AT&T is the third US carrier over the past few months to give us a taste of the power and potential of 5G. After a less than stellar preview in April, Verizon flexed its blazing speed muscles in May around select parts of Chicago on its 5G network. Later that month, Sprint showed off its 5G network in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and it proved impressive in terms of its reliability and the size of its coverage — even if Verizon’s demo was faster. AT&T’s approach was to show off a 5G-connected campus on the Warner Bros. lot. Imagine, for example, a film crew being able to instantly share footage with someone on the other side of the lot across a lightning-fast network.5G is the next generation of cellular technology, and it should allow for faster data speeds with incredibly low latency. The new generation of wireless innovation could lead to a slew of uses that are practical, like downloading movies to our phones in seconds or streaming AR or VR games without lag — but also hopeful, like being a harbinger for technologies that have yet to be envisioned. The latter could truly revolutionize industries, from self-driving cars to remote medical procedures. 5G 4G LTE AT&T Samsung Sprint T-Mobile Verizonread more

IL&FS Financial ServicesReutersIndia has seen many financial scams, but none that can match the scope, size and magnitude of shadow bank Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS). Like an onion, the more one peels the more the tears and pungence.The top secret Ministry of Corporate Affairs withering summary of the construct of IFIN (IL&FS Financial Services) and the tell all of corporate shenanigans that emerges from the audit of lending by Deloitte and Haskins and Sells (DHS) for the last 10 years is a shocking tale of opportunism, ever greening and window dressing by the management.A systemic malaise governed the way business was conducted, aided and abetted as it was its auditors who were involved in the cover up. Corporate governance, ethics, transparency, best of breed practices and all other fail-safe measures took a back seat as the management made hay, compromising all the functions with ease.Funding Defaulting BorrowersThe engagement team and engagement partners of DHS had the awareness of the company’s modus operandi of funding the defaulting borrowers for payment of interest and principal in a fraudulent manner by the management again and again to window dress the asset book of the company for several years. The auditor was thereby complicit in nature with the management.The investigation team found a document in the email server of IL&FS prepared by the DHS Engagement team identifying the funding of borrowers for paying principal and interest.The said email was sent by Rakesh Jain, Senior Manager, DHS, to Payal Rathod, Assistant Manager, DHS, on May 9, 2018 at 10.24 a.m. The said email contained excel files namely “Non Group Evergreening cases 25042018.xlsx” given below:Client: SKIL GroupET Observation: Interest & Principal Repayment Funding1) Security valuation and exposure is at 0.45x. Interest funding in future may lead to reducing in security cover.2) Interest income earned is through invocation of shares, this will put the principal portion exposed.3) As per information available in public domain, ADAG group and SKIL group filed legal case on each other which will delay CDR exit process and in result SKIL group will not be able to pledge additional 4 crore REDL shares which were going to be released by the bankers as per CDR.4) Significant portion is unsecured.Client: ParsvnathET Observation: Interest & Principal Repayment Funding1) Total disbursements in the 12 months amounted to Rs 101 crore (including Rs 75 crore new facility) which has been recovered by way of Principal Repayment of Rs 55 crore and interest received of Rs 34 crore.2) New facility of Rs 75 crore disbursed to Parsvnath Rail Land Project Pvt Ltd (PRPPL) in December 2017 and got the repayment of Rs 55 crore in same months from PRPPL against the facility which was due in September 2017. Issue of evergreening as the loan was given to same party which was utilised to service an loan which was going to become NPA.TDS issueTDS has remained outstanding for the period from AY 15-16 aggregating Rs 6.96 crore (including Rs 2.60 crore for AY 2018-19) (Total of All Facilities)Security IssueThe Group security cover was stipulated to be 2x, whereas at present it is only at 1.16x(332/269)Client: KVK Energy & Inf”a (“K”IPL”) ET Observation: Interest Funding1) Interest has been funded in the past 12 months, wherein total Rs 6.67 crore interest has been received and Rs 6.75 crore (3.2+1.85+1.70) has been disbursed.Security Significant portion is unsecured.Client: Adhunik Meghalaya Steel Pvt. Ltd. ET Observation: Interest & Principal Repayment FundingInterest income and part principal repayment has been funded by way of invocation of Shares, wherein total invocation in the 12 months amounted to Rs 5.89 crore which has been used to repay Principal of Rs 3.07 crore & interest of Rs 2.84 crore.Also the facility has turned NPA, and has been shown as sub standard as on 31st March 2018.Security Shortfall 1) Significant deterioration in security cover from 2x to 0.14x, and being promoter funding loan, it poses a potential threat to the repayment, and to be considered as a loss assets.Rollover and RecoverabilityRollover has been made (14th December 2017) after the principal was due (17th September 2017). This is in contravention of the firm policies whereby facilities where default is subsisting have been rolled over. Also, in the event that the interest is recovered from pledged shares, the security left would be (52-(5*6))=22 mn against a principal of 215 mn. This would further reduce the possibility of successful repayment of Principal balance.Client: Ind Bharath ET Observation: Interest & Principal Repayment FundingInterest income and repayment in the 12 months has been funded by way of disbursements, wherein total disbursements in the 12 months amounted to Rs 115 crore which has been recovered by way of Principal Repayment of Rs 105 crore & balance Rs 10 crore is recovered by way of interest (out of total interest received of Rs 35.84 crore).Existence and Valuation of Security1) Security value includes Rs 136 crore receivable of the borrower from Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) hypothecated to IFIN, Collectibility of receivables needs to be assessed. Out of Rs 136 crore receivables, Rs 90 crore is deposited by the borrower with the Court however no documentary evidence available and also for balance Rs 46 crore receivable no status available.2) Additional security, in the form of second charge on 38 per cent shareholding in IBTPL (Ind Bharath Thermal Power limited) and some other movables and immovables, to be created. Time taken for the same from CoD, up to six months from Date of Disbursement (DoD – 10th October 2017).Other Repayment Issues 1) The company (IFIN) has started the litigation against Ind Bharath, Status to be provided for the same. The company has incurred about 23 million on account of Court fees and Legal Counsel fees during the year.Client: Flemingo Group ET Observation: Interest and Principal Funding1) Interest to be extent of Rs 42 crore and overdue principal of Rs 235 crore has been funded by way of Disbursements of new facility. Security creation under process for new facility.2) CAM review pending since September 2017 for Oscar Infra.3) Out of total security, Rs 101 crore security is hypothecation of Loan Receivables under the Loan extended by Bermaco to South Asian Project Management Co. Pvt. Ltd. For this, a confirmation letter has been obtained from Bermaco, however Financial Statements of Bermaco is not available.4) IFIN has not received the Audited Financials of Borrower company Oscar Infra for FY15-16 and FY16-17, and Audited Financials of Geowork Infra for FY16-17.Security Issue Significant portion unsecuredClient: ABG Group ET Observation: Interest income to the extent of Rs 58 crore has been funded through disbursement of additional facility. Considering that the income/principal will come only from security coverage and considering that the exit strategy is still 3 years away, recognition of income would only lead to higher exposure to the group for recovery.Client: Unitech ET Observation: Interest Funding Interest of Rs 5 crore has been funded by invocation of security and balance of Rs 39 crore by way of disbursements of new facility to Havelock.Client: Champion Agro/Bay Capital ET Observation: Principal Funding Repayment of Doubtful loan facility to Champion Agro of Rs 30 crore and Security Deposit placed for Doubtful loan of Rs 10 crore and Interest Repayment of Rs 4 crore is by way of disbursement of Rs 44 crore facility to Bay Capital.Client: SREI Group ET Observation: 1) Security CreationCredit Facilities to Attivo of Rs 305 crore are secured by second charge over borrower movable and immovable assets which is not created till 31st March 2018, as senior lenders NOC are pending.Credit Facility to Sahaj E village of Rs 370 crore are secured by hypothecation of current and fixed assets which is not created till 31st March (pending since March 2017), as senior lenders NOC are pending.Credit Facility to Bharat Road Network (Rs 70 crore) is secured by way of hypothecation of current and fixed assets, which is not created till 31st March 2018 (pending since March 2017) as senior lenders NOC are pending.Principal and Interest recovery 1) Sahaj E Village is a non project company with no or negligible revenue. How is repayment of Principal and servicing of Interest is envisaged from such companies?Also Attivo Economic Zone is a project company with very little revenue. How is repayment of Principal and servicing of Interest is envisaged from such companies?Coupon rate on all 3 facilities is 12.75 per cent. On comparison of the same with the average lending rate of IFIN to other borrowers and security being second charge, the Interest rate seems to be very low.Client: Kohinoor Group ET Observation: Interest Funding Interest has been funded in the year, whereby Rs 14.5 crore has been received by way of disbursement of Rs 18.2 crore.Client: HDIL Group ET Observation: Interest Funding Interest has been funded in the year, whereby Rs 21.92 crore has been received by way of disbursement of Rs 21.45 crore.Client: GHV Group ET Observation: Indirect ExposureOf the total amount – Rs 360 crore has been disbursed to ITNL directly on the ‘borrower’s specific request and Interest for the same has been received from ITNL.1) Why should the same not be considered as an exposure to ITNL?2) What is the basis for booking Interest income received from ITNL when no specific instructions have been received from the Borrower or ITNL?Client: DB Realty Group ET Observation: Interest FundingInterest has been funded in the year, whereby Rs 17.01 crore has been given to receive Rs 15.68 crore towards interest in the year.From the above it is clear that the engagement team of DHS was aware that there were several instances of funding interest and principal by IFIN to its defaulting borrowers for avoiding these accounts becoming NPA and also for avoiding the consequent provision.read more

4:00 pm IST: The BSE Sensex pared losses by the end of the day to close 338 points lower at 27,252 and the NSE Nifty ended at 8,410, down 133 points. Top Sensex losers were TCS, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Motocorp and Mahindra.2.00 pm IST: The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty seem to be cheering Republican candidate Donald Trump’s victory over rival Hillary Clinton in the US presidential elections, the results of which were officially declared few minutes ago. The BSE Sensex has recovered morning losses of over 1,500 points and now trading 408 points lower at 27,182 while the NSE Nifty was down 135 points at 8,408.Bucking the trend, select Sensex stocks were trading in the green; these include Dr Reddy’s Labs, Sun Pharma, Lupin and State Bank of India. 12.40 pm Indian Standard Time (IST): Republican candidate Donald Trump has won US presidential elections, defeating Hillary Clinton, reports ABC News.11.48 am IST: In case you are bored of Sensex samachar, here is the latest update on US presidential elections, from www.fivethirtyeight.com. Republican candidate Donald Trump is expected to win 283.2 votes as against 254.8 by Hillary Clinton. The New York Times says Trump stands >95 percent chance of winning while The Telegraph (UK) says that his victory in the key swing states of Florida, North Carolina and Ohio has almost sealed his entry to the White House, calling it “America’s Brexit”.10:40 am IST: In a catchy twist to the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes by the Narendra Modi government, Kotak Securities says the BJP-led NDA dispensation is conveying a message: Smash the cash, the economy will dash.”We see the government’s decision to remove extant high-denomination notes from circulation and replace them with new ones as a positive for the economy in the medium term. The latest step appears to be the final one in the government’s systematic approach to remove black money from the economy. We expect the economy and the banking system to benefit as a large part of the black economy eventually becomes part of the formal economy,” says the brokerage in its Wedneday morning note.”We see the Indian economy benefiting from (1) higher GDP growth on a reported basis (black economy will gradually become part of the formal economy), (2) higher tax-to-GDP ratio from proper reporting of income in the future; sections of the unorganized industry and professionals did not report their full income; the implementation of GST will hasten the move, in our view and (3) higher savings rate, especially financial savings rate. We have been quite positive about a step change in India’s financial savings rate over the next few years driven by the government’s actions on (1) monetary policy; positive real interest rates, (2) financial inclusion and (3) crackdown on black money,” it adds.10:30 am IST: The BSE Sensex is down 934 points at 26,656. Top Sensex losers are Adani Ports, Mahindra, Hero Motocorp, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Auto. Asian stock markets were trading in the red, taking cues from trends in the US presidential elections where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are poised for a close finish. “Asian markets are in red with Japan’s Nikkei down 1.25% while China’s Shanghai is down 0.35% after inflation picked for the second straight month. U.S. equities closed higher yesterday, led by utilities, as investors eagerly awaited the results of the U.S. presidential election today.”Oil fell ahead of US crude oil inventories data today while dollar index down 1.03%. U.S. Initial jobless claims data will be released tomorrow. Data released yesterday showed that JOLTS job openings data recorded a slight increase in job openings to 5.49mn for September from a revised 5.45mn in August,” Geojit BNP Paribas said in its Wednesday morning note.9:42 am IST: Indian rupee opens 19 paise lower at 66.80 to the US dollar.9:26 am IST: Realty index on the BSE has slumped by 11 percent, on expected lines. Top losers include Oberoi Realty, NBCC, Unitech, Indiabulls, DLF, HDIL, Sobha, Prestige Estates and Godrej Properties.The BSE Sensex is trading 980 points down, or 3.55 percent, at 26,610 while the NSE Nifty is down 347 points at 8,196.Top Sensex and Nifty losers are Adani Ports, Mahindra, Asian Paints, Hero Motocorp, Bajaj Auto, ICICI Bank and Sun Pharma (Sensex), and Asian Paints, Grasim, UltraTech Cement, ACC and Mahindra (Nifty).9:18 am IST: The BSE Sensex has crashed by over 1,600 points, or 6 percent while the NSE Nifty opened with a loss of 505 points at 8,038. Top Sensex losers are ICICI Bank, Adani Ports, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, ITC.The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty are expected to open lower on Wednesday amid volatility across stock, currency and bond markets in response to the drastic announcement on Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapping Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes.Read: Reserve Bank of India to issue Rs 2,000 notes soon: Report {Image of note}Here are photos of the new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes you will soon getThe worst hit are likely to be real estate stocks as transactions in this sector are marked by huge element of cash changing hands between sellers and buyers.A hint to that effect was also given by Deepak Parekh, chairman of mortgage lender HDFC while speaking to CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday.Real estate consultants are positive on the impact in the long-term. “This is a transformational reform by the Modi government. Real estate transactions in progress and not completed that involve CASH will be impacted, leading to complications. This will certainly lead to pain in the realty sector in the short term, but it Is a welcome move for the long run,” Ravi Ahuja, executive director, Office Services & Investment Sales at Colliers International, said. JLL India Chairman & Country Head Anuj Puri also had similar comments on the development.”The banning of higher currency notes is a major move which will help curb unaccounted-for cash in the real estate sector. We have just witnessed a tremendous step towards increased transparency in the Indian real estate industry.”The effects will be far-reaching and immediate, and shake up the sector in no uncertain way. Stricter measures against black money have for long been required to help bring about greater transparency, give the Indian real estate sector more credibility and make it more attractive for foreign investors.”Black money deals are more common on the unorganized market, but this practice has, in fact, been on the decrease with greater awareness on the part of buyers. Before too long, the caricatured version of black money driving Indian real estate is no longer applicable,” he said in a note.US presidential election results dimensionThe results of the US presidential elections are also bound to have a bearing on Indian stock markets, though it is still not clear whether Republican nominee Donald Trump or his rival Hillary Clinton will win in the polls that has marked by many twists and turns.RBI issues ₹2000 note in new series pic.twitter.com/7Ob2j1t6Ab— ReserveBankOfIndia (@RBI) November 8, 2016 PMOAsian markets are in red with Japan’s Nikkei down 1.25% while China’s Shanghai is down 0.35% after inflation picked for the second straight month. U.S. equities closed higher yesterday, led by utilities, as investors eagerly awaited the results of the U.S. presidential election today. Oil fell ahead of US crude oil inventories data today while dollar index down 1.03%. U.S. Initial jobless claims data will be released tomorrow. Data released yesterday showed that JOLTS job openings data recorded a slight increase in job openings to 5.49mn for September from a revised 5.45mn in August.read more

Cutlery18%12% The GST tax structure for various services has been devised under four broad slabs — 5, 12, 18 and 28 percent — along with a cess on luxury and demerit goods such as tobacco, pan masala and aerated drinks.The GST plan envisages that the Centre compensate the states for revenue losses from abolition of taxes like the VAT (value added tax), octroi and implementation of GST. The compensation from the Centre to the states will be met through levy of a ‘GST Compensation Cess’ on luxury items and goods like tobacco, during the first five years of implementation of the GST regime.Filing limits raisedJaitley said that the limit under the GST Composition Scheme has been raised to Rs 75 lakh. Taxpayers coming under this scheme will be required to file summarized returns on a quarterly basis, instead of three monthly returns. Under the scheme, a registered taxpayer will pay tax at a rate not more than 1 percent for manufacturers, 2.5 percent for restaurants and 0.5 percent for other traders.The GST Composition Scheme was introduced under GST law to lower the burden of compliance for small businesses, where assessees have to pay tax at a minimum rate based on their turnover. This is similar to the provisions in VAT law. Any assessee who deals only in supply of goods can opt for this scheme, which means this provision is not applicable for service providers. However, restaurant service providers are excluded.Only businesses participating in intra-state supply of goods are eligible to enter the GST Composition Scheme.Most services, except those in the negative list of essential services such as healthcare and education, are expected to come under GST. Exercise books28%12% School bags28%18% Plastic tarpaulin28%18% Pre-cast concrete pipes28%18% Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has revised tax rates levied on 66 items under the GST scheme to be rolled out on July 1. In this file photo, he addresses a GST Council meeting held in Srinagar last month.IANSMoving to placate key sectors of the industry which have raised concerns about the high rates of taxes under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime eating into their operational viability, the GST Council on Sunday announced that it is revising the GST rate on 66 categories of goods and services.Addressing a press conference after the 16th GST Council meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the reductions were based on the two major principles of maintaining equivalence and the change in utilisation behavior.The Council’s move is expected to come as a relief to small and medium enterprises in trading and manufacturing as well as restaurants. Under the revised tax rate scheme, packaged food like vegetables, pickles and sauces, as well as dental wax, insulin, agarbattis, school bags, exercise and colouring books for children, cutlery and computer printers will be cheaper by 6-10 per cent (see chart).The new tax rates proposed for goods and services under the GST rollout planned for July 1 are expected to come bundled with a range of cesses on luxury and premium goods as well as on tobacco and high-end liquors.The Finance Ministry tweeted on Sunday that it had received representations for about 133 items, out of which rates have been reduced on 66 items.Cinema gets a breatherBesides, reductions will be carried out on two categories of GST rates which were planned to be imposed on cinema-goers – 28 per cent tax will be levied on tickets priced at above Rs 100 and 18 percent on tickets costing up to Rs 100.This notwithstanding, single-screen cinemas are likely to be hit the hardest by the proposed 28 percent tax rate.Jaitley later said on the Twitter handle of the Union Ministry of Finance that the new concessions would come at the cost of revenues. “FM @arunjaitley said that rates on goods decided today would make the goods cheaper for common man but may cost to revenue of Govt,” the finance ministry tweeted.For workers in industries like textiles and diamond processing where the workers take their work home, tax rate will be revised to 5 percent from the 18 percent currently being charged. This is owing to GST for these sectors being revised as well.Till date, the GST Council has fixed rates of more than 1,200 goods and 500 services. Last Saturday, it finalised rates for a few contentious goods such as gold and jewellery, agricultural implements, biscuits, footwear and textiles.A few of the items on which tax rates were revised at Sunday’s GST Council meeting:ItemsItemsOld rateOld rateNew or revised rateNew or revised rateItemsPackaged goods (vegetables, pickles, sauces)Old rate18%New or revised rate12%ItemsCashewOld rate12%New or revised rate5%ItemsAgarbattiOld rate12%New or revised rate5%ItemsDental waxOld rate28%New or revised rate8%ItemsInsulinOld rate12%New or revised rate5%ItemsPlastic beadsOld rate28%New or revised rate18%ItemsPlastic tarpaulinOld rate28%New or revised rate18%ItemsSchool bagsOld rate28%New or revised rate18%ItemsExercise booksOld rate28%New or revised rate12%ItemsColouring booksOld rate12%New or revised rateNilItemsPre-cast concrete pipesOld rate28%New or revised rate18%ItemsCutleryOld rate18%New or revised rate12%ItemsTractor componentsOld rate28%New or revised rate18%ItemsComputer printersOld rate28%New or revised rate18% Plastic beads28%18% Colouring books12%Nil Computer printers28%18% Packaged goods (vegetables, pickles, sauces)18%12% Cashew12%5% Dental wax28%8% Insulin12%5% Tractor components28%18% Agarbatti12%5% ItemsOld rateNew or revised rateread more

Family members of a suspected drug addict, who reportedly died of heart attack in police custody in Panchagarh, grieving at the hospital on 3 June 2018. Photo: UNBA suspected drug addict died from heart attack in police custody after being arrested from Baniapara area of Panchagarh district town early Sunday.The deceased is Kajol Sheikh Maju, 43, son of Hazrat Ali of New Market area of the town, reports UNB.A team of Detective Branch of police led by sub-inspector Rabiul Islam arrested Maju from the area around 10:30pm on Saturday along with hemp, said Sudarshan Kumar Roy, assistant superintendent (circle) of police.Read More: ‘Drug addict’ found dead in police stationLater, Maju felt chest pain while being transferred to be produced before a mobile court.He was rushed to Panchagarh Adhunik Sadar Hospital where he died around 12:30am, police said.The hospital’s emergency department physician Zillur Rahman said they are primarily suspecting that Maju died from heart attack.read more

Hassan Rouhani and Donald TrumpIran’s president poured scorn on Wednesday on US and European discussions over Tehran’s nuclear agreement, and dismissed Donald Trump as a “tradesman” who lacked the qualifications to deal with a complex international pact.Hassan Rouhani spoke after French president Emmanuel Macron flew to Washington to try to persuade Trump not to scrap the 2015 agreement – under which Iran curbed its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions.“They say that with the certain leader of a European country we want to make a decision about a seven-sided agreement,” Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on state TV.“For what? With what right?” he added.He reserved particular scorn for the US president, who has called the agreement one of the worst deals ever negotiated and has threatened to restore US sanctions next month unless what he sees as severe flaws are fixed.“You don’t have any background in politics. You don’t have any background in law. You don’t have any background on international treaties,” Rouhani said. “How can a tradesman, a merchant, a building constructor, a tower constructor make judgments about international affairs,” he added referring to Trump’s career as a property developer.The other powers that signed the agreement with Iran – Russia, China, Germany, Britain and France – have all said they want to preserve it. Many in the West see it as the best hope of preventing Iran from getting a nuclear bomb and heading off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.In a bid to salvage the deal while satisfying Trump’s call for tougher action, Macron’s has proposed that the United States and Europe block any Iranian nuclear activity until 2025 and beyond, address Iran’s ballistic missile program and generate conditions for a political solution to contain Iran in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.German chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with Trump in Washington later in the week.Senior Iranian officials have said repeatedly that Iran’s ballistic missile program is not up for negotiation.read more

Chandelis marching with Team Virginia at the Endo march on Capitol Hill. (Photos by Jonathan Hunter)Cassandra Nivens has experienced painful periods since age 14. To cope with being mostly incapacitated for some time each month, Nivens learned to manage what she believed were normal hormonal shifts, often scheduling time away from school and work around a 28-day cycle. It wasn’t until a routine ultrasound during her first pregnancy that her painful periods were diagnosed as endometriosis.Defined as a condition where tissue that normally grows inside the uterus grows outside of it, endometriosis impacts 176 million women. Each month as the lining of the uterus sheds and the blood and tissue is released, the same thing happens to the tissue outside the uterus. But with no way for the released tissues to leave the body, inflammation and scar tissue develop. While endometriosis affects White women 33 percent more often, deaths from undiagnosed endometrial cancer is roughly 80 percent higher among African-American women.“I was relieved to be able to put a name to what felt like some type of torture I endured every month, but was scared and concerned for the health of my baby. My system felt out of whack because of the pregnancy, and I was afraid that after my son was born, my hormones would go into high-gear, and it would be even more painful,” said Nivens, who found some relief in breastfeeding her healthy child.Once her cycle resumed, Nivens she sought treatment from a naturopath. After two years of progressive yoga (from BandhaKonasana poses to hot yoga), acupuncture, and change in diet, she and her husband were able to welcome a second son.According to research from the Mayo Clinic, Nivens is among the fortunate able to conceive with endometriosis, as an estimated 30-40 percent of infertile women have endometriosis. Because the disorder can only be definitely diagnosed through visual inspection inside of the pelvis and abdomen (as well as tissue biopsy of the implants), even ultrasounds can only hint at its presence.General symptoms of endometriosis include: extremely painful or disabling menstrual cramps; pain increasing in severity over time; chronic pelvic pain including lower back and pelvic pain; pain during or after sex; intestinal pain; painful bowel movements; or painful urination during menstrual periods.As more women become aware that endometriosis is more than just painful periods, the hope among physicians is that more women will note their symptoms and seek professional advice.The Howard University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology recently served as local sponsors of the 2015 Worldwide EndoMarch for Endometriosis to raise awareness among African Americans. The second annual march took place at Upper Senate Park in Northwest, March 28, and simultaneously in more than 56 cities worldwide.Chandelis Duster, a Virginia precinct manager of the EndoMarch diagnosed six years ago with the condition, took part in the march to help raise awareness. “It has been a rough six years during which I have had three surgeries. Initially there was a big cyst on an ovary that needed to be drained and that was how they found endometriosis. No one had ever talked to me about it and as a freshman in college, it was scary to be told I had a disease with no cure,” Duster said.Following a laparoscopic surgery to remove the tissue, more endometriosis was found. “It’s been tough dealing with the pain constantly and everyday… a heating pad is [my] best friend. It has gotten better since the last surgery, but emotionally, it is a lot to deal with and it is a financial strain,” Duster said.Among African-American women, endometriosis is one of the most common indications for major gynecological surgery and hysterectomy.read more

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